About the book: 1975 / The story "The Smell of Gunpowder" tells about the actions of sappers and machine gunners in battles on the distant approaches to Moscow in the fall of 1941. The author shows how the courageous characters of soldiers who survived both the bitterness of failure and the joy of the first offensive battles were formed in severe trials. The work is written in expressive language, it contains many precise details of front-line life.